In This Issue:

- CMS Updates Guidance on Hospital Governing Body and Medical Staff Conditions of Participation (CoPs)

- DOL Announces Delay of Home Care Minimum Wage Enforcement

- OIG Releases Special Advisory Bulletin Regarding Pharmaceutical Copayment Coupons

- Excerpt from CMS Updates Guidance on Hospital Governing Body and Medical Staff Conditions of Participation (CoPs):

On September 15, 2014, CMS updated its interpretive guidelines (Guidance) to address recent amendments to the Governing Body and Medical Staff Conditions of Participation (CoPs) adopted in the final rule, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction (79 Fed. Reg. 27, 106, effective July 11, 2014) (Final Rule).